performance indicators (unemployment, long-term unemployment, employment, activity rate). Our results confirm that high taxes … increase unemployment, while active labour market policies tend to reduce it. We also show that stricter employment protection … market ; unemployment ; European Union ; labour market institutions …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

various performance indicators (unemployment, long-term unemployment, employment, activity rate). Our results confirm that … high taxes increase unemployment, while active labour market policies tend to reduce it. We also show that stricter …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

unemployment, this paper theoretically investigates the importance of labor market duality on labor market volatilities. The new … insight is that duality leads to a non-linear reaction of unemployment volatility for both supply and demand shocks. A … subsequent empirical panel data analysis confirms the model predictions. Uncovering the non-linearity in unemployment volatility …